Exclusive: Dartington says it will start a new music school
NewsResponding to the shutdown of Dartington’s summer school and festival after 70 years and its relocation to Norfolk, a spokesman for the Dartington Estate today issued this statement:
A summer school will continue at Dartington. It will remain the Dartington International Summer School – a Dartington trademark – regardless of what the Foundation may be called
The summer school has been a core Dartington activity for many years and remains so. The festival in Norfolk is a new event with certain members of the previous team. It is not the same event ‘moved’ to Norfolk. Anything claiming to be a relocated Dartington event is absolutely not an official, Dartington-branded activity, whatever the name of the participating foundation might suggest to observers.
The statement is issued by Stephen Benzikie of Dartington Estate.
The only Stephen Benzikie we can find online is a former Daily Mail journalist who is now a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (MCIPR) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
It will be interesting to see if a new school and festival can be scrambled together at such short notice.
I notice that it says it ‘will continue’. It doesn’t say when…
Why bother? It was past it’s sell by date anyhow and attending was like being in a care home
Good for Devon so all best wishes for success